House File 2759 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 767)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act providing for the appropriation of moneys to support
2 renewable fuel infrastructure, and providing a contingent
3 effective date.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 15G.111, subsection 1, paragraph a,
1 2 Code Supplement 2005, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 a. For the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2005, and
1 4 ending June 30, 2015, there is appropriated each fiscal year
1 5 from the grow Iowa values fund created in section 15G.108, to
1 6 the following amounts for the purposes designated:
1 7 (1) (a) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, and
1 8 ending June 30, 2006, to the department of economic
1 9 development thirty=five million dollars for programs
1 10 administered by the department of economic development.
1 11 (b) This subparagraph (1) is repealed on July 1, 2006.
1 12 (2) (a) For each fiscal year of the fiscal period
1 13 beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2009, to the
1 14 department of economic development thirty=three million
1 15 dollars for programs administered by the department of
1 16 economic development.
1 17 (b) This subparagraph (2) is repealed on July 1, 2009.
1 18 (3) (a) For each fiscal year of the fiscal period
1 19 beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2015, to the
1 20 department of economic development thirty=five million dollars
1 21 for programs administered by the department of economic
1 22 development.
1 23 (b) This subparagraph (3) is repealed on July 1, 2015.
1 24 Sec. 2. Section 15G.111, Code Supplement 2005, is amended
1 25 by adding the following new subsection:
1 26 NEW SUBSECTION. 6A. a. For the fiscal period beginning
1 27 July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2009, there is appropriated
1 28 each fiscal year from the grow Iowa values fund created in
1 29 section 15G.108 to the department of natural resources two
1 30 million dollars for deposit in the renewable fuel
1 31 infrastructure fund as enacted in 2006 Iowa Acts, House File
1 32 2754, to be expended as provided in that Act.
1 33 b. This subsection is repealed on July 1, 2009.
1 34 Sec. 3. Section 455G.32, subsection 1, if enacted by 2006
1 35 Iowa Acts, House File 2754, is amended by adding the following
2 1 new unnumbered paragraph:
2 2 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. For each fiscal year, up to
2 3 fifty thousand dollars is appropriated from the fund to the
2 4 department in order to administer the renewable fuel
2 5 infrastructure programs as provided in sections 455G.34 and
2 6 455G.35.
2 7 Sec. 4. CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act is contingent
2 8 upon the establishment of a renewable fuel infrastructure fund
2 9 as enacted in 2006 Iowa Acts, House File 2754.
2 10 EXPLANATION
2 11 This bill is related to H.F. 2754, which is pending in the
2 12 general assembly, providing for the formulation of motor fuel
2 13 by providing for renewable fuel, including ethanol blended
2 14 fuel and biodiesel blended fuel. Part of that bill
2 15 establishes a renewable fuel infrastructure fund. The fund is
2 16 under the control of the department of natural resources to be
2 17 allocated between supporting renewable fuel infrastructure
2 18 programs relating to the storage and dispensing of E=85
2 19 gasoline at retail motor fuel sites (service stations) and
2 20 biodiesel at terminals. The purpose of the renewable fuel
2 21 infrastructure program for retail motor fuel sites is to
2 22 provide cost=share financial assistance for installing,
2 23 replacing, or converting motor fuel storage and dispensing
2 24 infrastructure designed and used exclusively for E=85
2 25 gasoline, biodiesel, or biodiesel blended fuel. The purpose
2 26 of the renewable fuel infrastructure program for biodiesel
2 27 terminal facilities is to provide cost=share financial
2 28 assistance to support infrastructure designed and used
2 29 exclusively to store and distribute biodiesel or biodiesel
2 30 blended fuel.
2 31 Under existing law, Code section 15G.110 provides a
2 32 standing general fund appropriation to the Iowa values fund of
2 33 $50 million for each fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, and
2 34 ending June 30, 2015, to support a number of entities,
2 35 including the Iowa department of economic development, which
3 1 annually receives $35 million of that amount. A percentage of
3 2 that amount is to be used for a variety of purposes such as
3 3 business start=ups, expansions, modernization, attraction,
3 4 retention, marketing, and research and development.
3 5 The bill appropriates $2 million from the Iowa values fund
3 6 for each fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June
3 7 30, 2009, to the department of natural resources for deposit
3 8 into the renewable fuel infrastructure fund, and reduces the
3 9 same amount which would otherwise be allocated to the Iowa
3 10 department of economic development. Of this appropriation,
3 11 the bill authorizes the department of natural resources to
3 12 expend up to $50,000 to administer the renewable fuel
3 13 infrastructure programs.
3 14 The bill takes effect only if the renewable fuel
3 15 infrastructure fund as established in H.F. 2754 is enacted.
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